Excerpt from The Highland Churchman: Publication of the Diocese of Western North Carolina, March 1963The Bishop reported that the Episcopal Foundation of Western North Carolina has been granted a charter and that Mr. W. Clyde Rodgers of Gastonia is the first president with Mr. G. M. Kimball as the first treasurer of the newly formed foundation.Bishop Henry reported that the new All Saints' Mission in Gastonia now has 41 communicants and 63 baptized persons. He reported that Appalachian School at Penland now has 18 students.The highlight of the Bishop's address was that dur ing 1962, 432 persons were presented for confirmation at 91 services. This is the largest number of persons confirmed within a year in the history of the Dio cese.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.